The Munich Schack Collection, formerly known as the Schacka Gallery, is an art department collection that was initiated by Count Adolf Friedrich von Schack. The collection is housed in a 20th-century, historic building, whose facade is made of sandstone, and on the top there is an imperial coat of arms, dedicated to the emperor.
Count von Schack was the patron who supported Munich artists. His collection contains mainly works from the fourteenth century, including artists such as: Arnold Böcklin, Moritz von Schwind, Franz von Lenbach, Carl Spitzweg, Carl Rottman, Anselm Feuerbach, Eduard Gerhardt and others.
As a collector, he preferred subjects related to mythology and distant travels. The collection has remained unchanged to this day and is considered an important example of the artistic preferences of private collecting in the nineteenth century, which reflects the romantic world of images and the mind of that era. In 1909, the collection moved to a new building made by Max Littmann.
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